Technologies

Design and Technologies aims to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students:

develop awareness and confidence as critical users of technologies of designed solutions 
investigate, generate, iterate and analyse to determine ethical and innovative designed solutions for sustainable futures
use design and systems thinking to generate design ideas and communicate these to a range of audiences
produce designed solutions suitable for a range of technologies contexts by selecting and manipulating a range of tools, materials, systems and components competently and safely, and managing processes
evaluate processes and designed solutions, and transfer and apply knowledge and skills to new situations
understand the roles and responsibilities of people in design and technologies occupations and how these occupations contribute to society.

use computational thinking (decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, modelling and algorithms) to create digital solutions
use design thinking to design, create, manage and evaluate sustainable and innovative digital solutions to meet and redefine current and future needs
apply systems thinking to monitor, analyse, predict and shape the interactions within and between information systems and the impact of these systems on individuals, societies, economies and environments
confidently and responsibly use digital systems to efficiently and effectively automate the transformation of data into information and to creatively communicate ideas in a range of settings
apply protocols and legal practices that support the ethical collection and generation of data through automated and non-automated processes, and participate in safe and respectful communications and collaboration with audiences.